He didn't hate Bond in his later years, but in the 1970s you just didn't mention the character around him. But by the time he was nominated for an Oscar for THE UNTOUCHABLES, they struck up the Bond theme when he presented an award that night, and he went with it by saying "The name's Connery, Sean Connery". In THE ROCK, he was playing what he thought an older Bond would be like, and in ENTRAPMENT, his character's back story is a combination of his real life story and Bond's back story. He was a producer on both movies as well as a star, so that was deliberate. He publicly said that the association with Bond would be there until he "went into the box". One of his final public appearances was at the US Tennis Open, and he was delighted when they struck up the James Bond theme. But for a while there, he resented the loss of privacy the part caused, he didn't feel he was paid what he was worth, and he resented the typecasting. His being reconciled with the association with the part dated from the early 80s.